Clutch



Dec. 12, 1933. G, H, AMONSEN CLUTCH Filed May 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor: H. Kmonsen Patented Dec. 12,1933 Q UNITED- STATES...

CLUTCH George H. Amonsen, Minneapolis, Minn. Application May 8, 1931. Serial N0.'535,923

3 Claims. (01. 19243) My inventionrelates to clutches. An object of the invention is to provide mechanism by means of which the motion of a shaft rotating continuously in one direction may be employed 6 for imparting alternate forward and backward rotations to" a driven member; Another object is 'to provide'mechanism of this character in which the reversing mechanism may be readily disconnected so that therotating shaft maybe I I employed when desired for driving continuously in "one direction. My device is'intended tojbe operated by a light duty motor revolving continuously in one direction. This effects great economy in the cost of operation anda saving in belting, bearings and motor maintenance. My invention embodies an automatically reversing mechanism which may be employed for operating various machinessuch as laundry washing machines, dry clea-ning machinesgi creamery churns or o'ther "machines which alternately revolve forwardly and backwardly when in operation. Machines of this "character now' commonly inuse and operated by individual motors,

depend for the reversingmovem'ent upon the motor controlso constructed as to reversethemovement of the motor, thus requiring a heavy duty motor and involving a wasteful expenditure of electrical energy.

The fullobjects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof, and the novelfeatures of my inventive idea will'be particularly pointedout in the claims; I 1

In the accompanying drawings which illus-' trate a practical embodiment of my invention,j Fig. ,1 is a 'view of the mechanism in horizontal sectiono'n the line 11of Fig. 4. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of "a portion of the mechanisr'nf Fig. 3 is'a'fragmentary view corresponding to a portion of Fig; 1 andshowing the clutched position of the parts of a clutch device. Fig. 4 is an elevationalview of the mechanism. Fig. 5 is a view in section on .the line 5-5 of Fig. 7. Fig. 6 is a View in section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a view in section on the line '7--'7 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the construction shown in the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a base plate which carries bearings 12 and 14 for a shaftlfi which is intended to be rotated continuously lars 22 are keyed on the shaft 16. and. as shown;

in Fig. 7 are adjustably held in longitudinal di-'; rection byset screws 24 so thatthese collars may be held snugly againstithe ends of' the'hubs 20. The collars 22 are angular in shape andatjdia metrically opposite places are provided with. slideways 26. These slideways slidably receiveg pairsv of jaws 28 having inclinedsurface's 30., The pairs of jaws extend out longitudinally from slidable sleeve members 31 surrounding the shaft 6 5 16. Split collars 32 secured around the sleeves 31 by bolts 33 provide circumferential grooves 34 in connection with theouter ends of the jaws-128. These jaws and the sleeve members 31-,by which they are carried are split and held togethergbyg 7Q screws 35; Upon taking outthe bolts 33 and the screws 35, it is evident that the jaws the. sleeve members 31- and the collars 32 may be removed for a purpose which will appearlater.

Between thetwo hubs 20 there is a worm 36 securedto the shaft 16 andmeshing with a wormwheel 38 as best shown in Fig. 2. The wormwheel' 38 is secured to a transverse shaft 40 mounted in bearings formed in'acasing42 secured to ,theplate 10 by feet 43 as shown in Fig. 4. Outside of the casing 42, a crank'disk 44 is secured to the shaft-40. This crankdisk carries a crank-pin' 46 which works ina vertical-slot 48 formed'in a;

crosslike member 50 having two arms 52 ex-; tending outin opposite directions and to which rods 54 are secured respectively. The .rods' .54: pass'through the inner ends of connecting members 56 and at their outer ends, these rodsv are; provided with enlargements 58. Coiled springs: 60 surrounding the rods 54 areinterposed between' 91 the enlargements 58 and the inner ends of the. members 56. The'outer'ends of the members 56 are pivotally attached by'removable pivots. ,61? to the upper ends of'levers 62 whose lower ends are pivotally connected to: ears 64 extending up, 9 5- from the p1ate'1'0. The levers 62 carry. projections 66 which fit into the circumferential grooves 34 'formed'by the collars 32. It" is apj parent therefore that the levers 62 will beoscillated and will causethepairs of jaws 23't0 re- 9 v ciprocate. As shown in Figs. 5 and 7, the collars 22 are provided with outwardly extending arms 68 to which pairs of levers Z0 are intermediately pivoted. The inner ends of these levers carry rollers 72 adapted to ride on the inclined surfaces 30 of the jaws 28. The outer ends of the levers 70 are connected by adjustable links 74 with cars 75 secured to the ends of external clutch bands '76, it being noted that the pairsofflevers '70 are connected inwardly of their pivots by coiled 11 springs '78 whereby the rollers .72 arekept in 280 'andthe shoes 84 serve to resiliently hold the: latter in engagement with the inner surfaces of contact with the jaws 28. The clutch bands 76 will therefore be held out of engagement withthe drums 18 whentherollers 72 are engaged with thelow spotsofthe jaws; I

The inner arms of the levers are provided with offset members 80 as shown in Fig. 6. Bolts 82, pass loosely through apertures in the members 80 and the headsof'these boltsrare securely fastened td the r'espective ends of two internal clutch shoesr84. Coiledsprings 86 surrounding the bolts 82 and interposed between the members the drums 18 when the rollers '72 are engaged "with the-high spots of the jaws. Thecollars 22 opposite the arms 68 are provided withoutwardly extending armsr88 to which external curvedmembers 90 are secured. When the bands '16: are released fromthe drums, saidgbands engage the members wso-that dragging of therbands on the prevented. The attached ends? of the shoes M are pivoted to the arms 88. Referring toFig. 1, it will be seen that a spur gear- 92 is see cared to the hub 20 ottheleft hand drumand" this gear meshes with idler gear. 94 which in meshes witha spur gear 96 secured to. av

countershalt'w mounted in bearings 100 and. 102 carried by the casing 42. 1A spur gear IMsecured to the-hub 201 of the righthandfdrum meshes directly within spur gear 106- secured to the counter-shaft 98." r

operationiand invention Will be readilymiderstoodrm'connection with the foregcingdescription. Rotation oii'the shaft 16;

causes rotation at thetransverse shaft 40, through the 3,8 and the wosm gear; 38 which constitute a gearing: The: crankpin. 46

on. the disk 44. will reciprocate the member 5a also the oppositely extending rods 54. It will he understood that Figs. 1 and t represent the neutralposi'tionin which all of the rollers.

72 rest upon the law spotssol the jaws'28. As-

n suming that the shift toward the left, theright hand lever 62; will heswung toward the left,

thereby causing the right handjaws 28 also to move toward the left so that tlae rollerst72 ride up on; thexinclinedi surfaces 30-; This movement have a turtheriorward movement so that their ends enter; recessesqelofl formed in the m,

as'vrill be .understood ;1rom Fig. 1. i The drum 15 mm first frictionally driven by the internal shoes and the external bands and finally is posi- 7 tion.

action similar to that just described-occurs with regard to the left hand drum so' that the rota-l tionof the gear 92and idler 94 causes the shaft r actuating said levers.

tively by the engagement of the jaws. Ro-

tation or the right hand drum and the gear 104 will cause rotation of the shaft 98 in one direc- When the shift is toward the" right. an

98 to rotate in the opposite direction. It is to be noted that the internal clutch shoes act as brakes t to] stop the rotation of the drums and alsoiunction te start the drums before theexternal clutch bandstake hold. The internal clutch shoes also, functionto prevent the jaws'fromengaging too suddenly. Due to the facty that the jaws 28, the sleeve members 31 and the collars 32 are split and detachably heldtogethenthey may be removed to permit readyrefining of the internal clutch shoes. It is therefore not necessary to remove theshaftlfi or the bearings thereof to perform this operation; If it is desired to drive a device continuously in one direction, then thefpivots 61 are'removed, while in case the mechanism :is

connected: to a motor; drive, ,the'motor may be used for other purposes whenthe clutches are" set in the. neutral. position mem -isms.

I claim:

LfiAclutch comprisinga drumlooselymounted on ashaft, a-support. secured tosaid shaft adiacent said drum, twolevers intermediately pivoted: to, said'support, anexternal. clutchband vfor said: drum pivotally attachedpat its terminals to the. outer ends of said levers respectively, anfinternal clutch shoe .for said drum,,-springs interposed-beetweenthe inner arms or said. levers and theterf' minalsiof said shoe,,.and means for actuating said levers. I v

r 2. A clutch comprising. adrum loosely mounted. on a shaft, asupport secured to said shaft. adj/5:

cent said drum, two levers intermediately pivotedto support, an externaliclutch bandior drumpivotally attached-iatrits terminals to outer; ends. of said leversrespectively internal clutch shoefor said drum-, 'ofiset on the,

inner said levers. ,bolts passing loosely throughsaid. ofisetmembers" and having their outer ends'secured tothe terminalsfof said shoe,

springs surrounding; said'bolts between said terminalsandsaid oflset members, and Ior a. A clutch compiismg a drum 103 on ashatt, :a support secured to said shaft adiacent said drum, two levers intermediately pivoted to saidsupport, an external clutch band, for said drum pivotally attached at its terminals. to

outer ends of saidlevers respectively, an internal clutch shoe for said drum, springs interposed be.-

tween the inner arms otsaid levers. and the terminals of said shoe, a sleeve slidably carriedby said shaft. jaws carried by said sle'evejsaid law's having. inclined surfaces which engage the inner ends of said levers to hringlsaidiband and. shoe into clutching engagement with, said drum b'eIore the. ends of said jawsengage said meansfor actuating said sleeve. q a v g GEORGE. H. AMONSEN.

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